tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.comments2017-10-04T09:24:41.318-05:00That Little Art TeacherBecca Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comBlogger467125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-35675797424003382702017-08-21T16:02:57.843-05:002017-08-21T16:02:57.843-05:00This is awesome! I&#39;ve tried looking for a simi...This is awesome! I&#39;ve tried looking for a similar cart, but no luck. By any chance do you have any idea where this came from? Thanks :) Mrs. Derushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888619101943376424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-42016096741130665212016-11-24T15:58:16.212-06:002016-11-24T15:58:16.212-06:00I teach fine arts in high school and to incorporat...I teach fine arts in high school and to incorporate visual arts to my students they have been involved in individual art projects. I have started with commercial art and pop art. Would you recommend these op art projects ?rochelle ncgyurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06110959081382179318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-4721109466475162952016-11-18T07:43:35.389-06:002016-11-18T07:43:35.389-06:00i don&#39;t normally leave comments on blogs, but ...i don&#39;t normally leave comments on blogs, but i&#39;m teaching art this year to pre-k and your methods are dead on! This is mostly how I operate my art studio for them because they really don&#39;t have that attention span to work for that long. They need that independent time. Also, art related story books also help me when we&#39;ve finished early because it still relates and they are still learning art concepts. Some books I&#39;ve used so far: It looked like spilt milk, mouse paint, the art lesson, Leaf Man, The day the crayons quit, perfect square, the Line, Mud and so on. Good job! great article lilmiszleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124104403496266292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-26453269167570225652016-09-23T21:01:58.218-05:002016-09-23T21:01:58.218-05:00I have struggled with this issue most of my art te...I have struggled with this issue most of my art teacher life. We as art teachers are held by standards and objectives. Why can we not record students on what they&#39;ve done. I&#39;ve had to defend what I do many times and I&#39;m told my kids can&#39;t draw. However, if I spend 5 minutes of class talking about line and your kid can&#39;t show me he understood he doesn&#39;t deserve a 100. My school does percentages. I&#39;ve been struggling with this question for the past couple of days as its seems to be a question amoung most of the teachers whose kids go to the school. My first project was doing a smoke alarms contest. How does one give a grade on a drawing required by the school for a contest? This year kinder is not required to get a grade but 1 to 5 are. I could do the easiest thing and give everyone 100 but that goes against everything I stand for. I&#39;d like to give out rubrics but I know with everything on my plate I would not be able to keep up. But as I am writing this I am seeing some clarity. With each project choose the objectives I want them to learn and grade based on those objective. I also think I&#39;m going to use the objectives as the project name so parents can refer to the objectives that were taught. What percentage would you give for E S U?Trini Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917361750326704048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-38834074565241476082016-08-20T08:17:02.671-05:002016-08-20T08:17:02.671-05:00Nice idea! I am always on the lookout for ideas th...Nice idea! I am always on the lookout for ideas that &quot;work&quot; . I have a &quot; think seat&quot;, ( formerly know as &quot;time out&quot; seat, in my classroom. The first 2 times I say a student&#39;s name to correct a behavior, is a warning. The 3rd time, the student must go to the &quot; think seat&quot;, fill out a think sheet form and think about their choices/ behavior. I discuss their sheet with them... Talk about better choices, then they rejoin the group. I also confer with the classroom teacher.... I&#39;ve found that if the student is having problems in art class, they are usually having problems in every class... Which a lot of times there is an underlying reason for their undesirable behavior. I save the think sheets and if I collect 3 think sheets from the same student, I send them home to be signed by the parent. I have 2 different think sheets I use... One is for lower grades, it is a picture sheet and requires little writing. The second think sheet for upper grades, requires more written responses. S Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533715107181288806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-5113814673689238172016-07-01T07:58:13.928-05:002016-07-01T07:58:13.928-05:00Nicole, I have used poster board, railroad board, ...Nicole, I have used poster board, railroad board, and 18x24 60 weight drawing paper. Look for size and durability.Becca Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-10386352147768875102016-06-30T12:14:03.035-05:002016-06-30T12:14:03.035-05:00What do you use to make the portfolios? In a year ...What do you use to make the portfolios? In a year I have almost 600 kids (change each quarter) and I&#39;m looking for a cheap solution!Nicole Caulfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449813797621330902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-89517064794119264772016-02-01T18:38:58.695-06:002016-02-01T18:38:58.695-06:00Hey Sarah,
My art grades have had to change with...Hey Sarah,<br /> My art grades have had to change with my changing location in the last couple of years. In 2012 my husband and I moved back home where I taught art Pre-K - 4th grade. There was no art grade for PreK - 2nd. However, I wanted them to see what art grades were like. I never graded on ability, just meeting the criteria and following project directions. I used :( :/ and :) so they could understand. 3rd - 4th received 85, 90, 95, or 100&#39;s based on certain criteria. WOW! I&#39;m amazed it took you that long to get a job. As always the most important thing is to establish your rules, goals, and procedures on the first day. Hope that helps. Becca Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-88561215044369853452016-02-01T10:22:06.207-06:002016-02-01T10:22:06.207-06:00Thanks for the insight! Not sure if you still chec...Thanks for the insight! Not sure if you still check up on these, but I am starting k-5 next week (it&#39;s taken me 3.5 years to get an art job after graduating), and definitely feeling overwhelmed! I&#39;m not sure how they do grades, or PDSA boards, or any of the expectations. I am really looking forward to the art aspect! Have been teaching ESL for the past 2 years, so I am ready for the change to the arts :)Sarah M. Blantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377507205178833796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-4008491001237736352016-01-19T18:46:31.635-06:002016-01-19T18:46:31.635-06:00Leah,
Thanks for you comment. This being the sec...Leah,<br /> Thanks for you comment. This being the second year, I am so much more comfortable with everything. I&#39;m a laid back teacher, cut there are many things that are done a certain way. I love your last statement about treating them fair, firm, and friendly. Totally my motto. Becca Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-19692738686687371772015-12-30T23:27:58.046-06:002015-12-30T23:27:58.046-06:00Your practically wrote my story! I found out that ...Your practically wrote my story! I found out that they were just little kids in big kid bodies. The Foundation kids had barely had art since elementary school and they had gained the &quot;I can&#39;t attitude&quot;. The Advanced class had lost their leader and I took the brunt of their anger. That was tough. I did find out that they weren&#39;t nearly as good as they thought they were. At first I was took lenient. Now it&#39;s &quot;My way of the highway&quot; and they have gotten over their prima donna attitudes. I want from a school where I repeated the same two lessons 12 times per week. Simple but BORING. I had panic attack because my principal was determined to make my life hell. Panic attacks were becoming all too often because he was freaking me out. Now I have a great support system with my new principal and I&#39;ve learned to deal with parents and tricky teens. It&#39;s way better than I thought it would ever be. Treat them fair, firm and friendly! So happy you have found this too.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139309474368023379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-67775899037276795302015-09-27T17:00:31.278-05:002015-09-27T17:00:31.278-05:00Tanya, thank you for your sweet comment. We first ...Tanya, thank you for your sweet comment. We first gessoed the hardboard that was on top of the stools and used acrylic paint. Becca Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-30535180179846352182015-09-20T12:20:57.336-05:002015-09-20T12:20:57.336-05:00Becca, I really enjoyed reading about how you orga...Becca, I really enjoyed reading about how you organize your art classroom. This has always been an ongoing struggle for me. Over the years the better my supply organization the smoother my class runs. I really don’t want to spend precious studio time helping a student find glaze over helping them with a fun new art technique. I have learned having great studio aids to keep the demands of a ceramic studio in order is a lifesaver. Your photo’s and tips you shared is a great tool for me. I love how you set up the bins with the drawers. I can see that not collecting trash like my classroom caddies do. I also showed my husband a pic of your 3D drying racks. He is going to adapt that design for ceramic dry racks. Quick question: Love the painted stools!! What kind of paint did you use? Thanks again for sharing and good luck in your new building. Tanya Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784698534062575100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-12351018471756785442015-07-25T16:20:33.328-05:002015-07-25T16:20:33.328-05:00That&#39;s a fabulous question. When the projects ...That&#39;s a fabulous question. When the projects are of a more opened approach I can usually remember whom they belong to because I remember working with them and discussing it along the way. Never the less, I have all students before they even begin a project, write their name and class code (such as 2-2) on the back, or in a discrete place on 3-D assignments. I will then take a picture of the name first then take a picture of the work. After the grading process, I can file both pictures. They will stay in the same order that they were taken. That&#39;s why I like to take a picture of the name first, then the work. Becca Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-33847425170710503292015-07-25T12:32:26.475-05:002015-07-25T12:32:26.475-05:00How do you name the art so you know which student ...How do you name the art so you know which student it belongs to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-44694329090569897272015-06-02T01:14:52.016-05:002015-06-02T01:14:52.016-05:00Quality work, Adopt a dogQuality work, <a href="http://www.findmypetapp.com" rel="nofollow"> Adopt a dog </a>Adeel Magmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215786991184520008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-36100226707804791972015-05-10T00:21:00.008-05:002015-05-10T00:21:00.008-05:00Thanks for the review!Thanks for the review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-40757850064892287192015-05-10T00:20:10.224-05:002015-05-10T00:20:10.224-05:00Thanks for the review!Thanks for the review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-15224012581227209972015-04-21T20:56:44.362-05:002015-04-21T20:56:44.362-05:00I&#39;m so sorry, but I don&#39;t remember what ki...I&#39;m so sorry, but I don&#39;t remember what kind it was. It had been left by the former art teacher. I search modeling clay and look for the ones that have the grooves in it like in the pic. Becca Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899580461263490154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-32502706257907112252015-04-07T11:01:06.863-05:002015-04-07T11:01:06.863-05:00I know this is an old post, but I was wondering if...I know this is an old post, but I was wondering if you remembered what brand of modeling clay it was that you used in your free choice center?Every brand I try stains and you said the kind you used does not. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-37585453842881967832015-02-02T12:32:11.648-06:002015-02-02T12:32:11.648-06:00Have students wear an old padded ski/snow glove on...Have students wear an old padded ski/snow glove on the hand that holds the plate - great to block those accidental jabs towards the hand!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-25275616265620926522014-11-27T15:53:19.537-06:002014-11-27T15:53:19.537-06:00Thank you! This drives me crazy also! I always dou...Thank you! This drives me crazy also! I always double check a pin before I pin it... if It&#39;s pinned wrong and I can find the right post for the pin I re-pin it correctly. :)Mrs. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750438627381465213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-72095256753689464102014-11-22T11:07:06.417-06:002014-11-22T11:07:06.417-06:00Haha!! It was a joy to actually meet....and so mu...Haha!! It was a joy to actually meet....and so much to work with your crew of art teachers!! Hoping it is not the last time!! Mr. Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768674025111043769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-61850243474656939362014-11-19T05:11:07.797-06:002014-11-19T05:11:07.797-06:00What&#39;s up, of course this piece of writing is ...What&#39;s up, of course this piece of writing is truly pleasant <br />and I have learned lot of things from it regarding <br />blogging. thanks.<br /><br />my website :: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ricky-salvador" rel="nofollow">Ricky Salvador</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639181043390580427.post-82573027144832316092014-09-11T09:05:57.297-05:002014-09-11T09:05:57.297-05:00Hi I am a pretty new art teacher and I just wanted...Hi I am a pretty new art teacher and I just wanted to express my gratitude knowing that someone else reacted similarly to the way I did in the last few years.I still get nervous when I teach a new lesson and I am sure that this year is going to be an amazing adventure. Your blog is amazing thank you for this amazing resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com